Khobz (Arabic: خبز, bread), khobz el-dâr (Arabic: خبز الدار, also "khobz eddar", bread of the house), or matloua (Arabic: مطلوع) is a type of Maghrebi leavened bread made in a round and somewhat flat loaf.
[1] It is often homemade, and typically prepared with white flour mixed with whole wheat or semolina flour.
It is sometimes flavored with anise seeds.
An oven-cooked version, also known as , known as khobz el koucha (Arabic: خبز الكوشة) or matloua el koucha (Arabic: مطلوع الكوشة), is about an inch thick, and was traditionally prepared at home and then taken to a communal oven to be baked; some bakeries still offer this service.
[1] A thinner version, Khobz al-tajin (Arabic: خبز الطاجين), is cooked in an earthenware pan called tajine.